A biography for Blackbearhasn’t been written yet.
“I feel like I just learned a whole new world when I was studying under Ne-Yo when I was about 17. I was living on Ne-Yo's manager's couch, making three songs a day.”
“My family was very unsure, and they told me to have a 'plan B' - until I did my publishing deal at 21 for over a million dollars. Then I tattooed my neck to prove I'll never become a lawyer.”
“Fame is weird.”
“As soon as I got rich, it was mimosas every morning. I was taking my friends to Six Flags every weekend. We were flying to Hawaii; we did whatever we wanted.”
“I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.”
“I learned from the best storytellers in the world: Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Ne-Yo, Michael Jordan, Vin Diesel, RuPaul.”
“I wanna get backup singers, but I don't think I will ever get backup dancers.”
“Fighting to get up in the morning, fighting to get on stage, fighting to make music that makes people feel good when I don't - that's been a struggle.”
“I just really love being the first to do something and that drives me to think, 'What are people not doing right now, and how can I be the best at it?'”
“I was kind of a MySpace kid in high school, and people thought since I had so many MySpace friends that they didn't need to be nice to me in real life. They were like, 'You get enough attention online,' or they were jealous or something. I don't really know.”
“I don't really like living in a very small space, like a tour bus, even though I have an amazing tour bus, and I've had multiple tour buses. It's still not a lot of room.”
“I'm not like any other artist, point blank.”
“I didn't want to be famous or any of that.”
“Music's a hobby to me.”
“I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.”